1. Student utilization in pharmacy Practice
Sam Valley
Husson University School of Pharmacy
Pharm D Candidate 2017

2. Objectives Discuss optimal utilization of student pharmacists
Identify student pharmacist roles and benefits to both preceptor and student
Illustrate the need for pharmacy experience in learning
Describe the Penobscot Community Health Care model along with experiences and benefits seen with pharmacy students

3. Audience experience Who employs students outside of rotations?
Technician role
Clinical functions
Positive or challenging experience?

4. Misconceptions of Students: perception vs. Reality
Two mindsets: technician or time burden
Historical model has been heavily observational
Practical application: where learning happens
“strategically engaging the student and allowing them to apply what they know is the model that we as an organization and myself personally have had great success with. Of course this is something that needs to be built up to, which I will discuss through out this presentation”

5. Optimized Student Roles
Legwork for pharmacist projects
Consults
Drug information
Immunization
Medication reconciliations
Legally everything but final approval
Under your direction and within your professional judgment
“employing students into practical scenarios will optimize outcomes, these opportunities can include:”

6. Benefits for Pharmacist and student
Time
Experience
New information- continued learning
Theory vs. practical learning
Reduced professional burnout
Professional maturity
Future workforce & employees
Marketability

7. The Process

8. Student-Integrated Pharmacy Services: A Model That Works
Start as volunteers
Early in pharmacy career
Hire on
Incorporate into technician work
Build solid medication and disease state foundation
Build strong knowledge of insurance information
Assignment of projects

9. Develop and Maintain Clinical Services
Integration of clinical services to current and potential patients
Acquisition of patients
Services can include:
Clinical consults
Medication therapy management
Medication reconciliation
Patient education

10. Managing Student Pharmacists
Schedule
Introduction to co-workers
Expectations
Goals and objectives
Independent projects
Feedback
Student pipeline

11. Pharmacy Experience Critical for Future Pharmacists
Greater learning and retention of didactic information
Without experience: steeper growth curve & higher costs
“The bottom line

12. Take away for integrating students
Every pharmacy is different
Could require different models
Workflow and scheduling
Approximately 300 hirable student pharmacists between P1, P2, and P3 classes in Maine

13. Question
Which of the following is not an optimal student utilization model?
Solely observational role
Clinical involvement
Early start in student pharmacist career
Create strong knowledge foundation

14. Answer
Which of the following is not an optimal student utilization model?
Solely observational role
Clinical involvement
Early start in student pharmacist career
Create strong knowledge foundation